CARIFORUM and UK EPA Study

CARIFORUM3

• Antigua and Barbuda • Barbados • Belize

• The Commonwealth of the Bahamas • The Commonwealth of Dominica • The Dominican Republic • Grenada • The Cooperative Republic of Guyana • Jamaica • Saint Christopher and Nevis • Saint Lucia • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • The Republic of Suriname • The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago UK 4 • The United Kingdom being Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

It should be noted that international databases often do not capture CARICOM data at the level of the regional grouping. The CARIFORUM is also not a regional grouping but instead represents a political construct for engagement with the EU (and now the UK separately). Consequently, the required data that must be constructed for each relevant variable will need to be individually identified, examined, and aggregated in order to provide the requisite “regional” assessments. The United Kingdom data is usually available; however, some difficulty arose where the United Kingdom is not identified as a specific reporter and is instead grouped together as part of the EU

3 Haiti has not yet signed the Agreement at the date of writing. 4 Great Britain includes England, Scotland, and Wales.

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